Through-the-Bible Thursday: AMOS

Through-the-Bible Thursday: AMOS (4 mins) — “Amos had no thought of becoming a prophet, as men today select ‘the ministry’ as a profession. He would have been content to pursue his humble vocation as a farmhand, to the end of his life, if such had been the mind of God. But as he followed the flock, his soul was communing with Jehovah. As he gathered the wild figs, his heart was meditating on the great issues of the soul’s relationship to God and the importance of walking in His ways. As he tended the herds he was learning lessons of a faithful Creator’s love and care. And so the Lord kindled the already prepared fuel into a flame, and the humble herdman became a mighty, Spirit-energized prophet of God.” (H. Ironside)